4 in hospital after crash that killed girl, 7

Updated 11:53 pm, Tuesday, August 14, 2012

A San Antonio couple and two children remained hospitalized Tuesday after they were injured in a crash Monday that killed a young girl.

Amber Navarro, 7, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at Texas 46 and Blanco Road in Bulverde, said Bulverde police Chief Joe Hamilton.

Amber's mother, Victoria Marie Rodriguez, 28, was making a left turn from Blanco onto Texas 46 when a Jeep T-boned her minivan, officials said.

“It was a really bad impact, from the side,” Hamilton said. “The driver probably didn't see the Jeep, or was distracted or something. Without a doubt, she wouldn't have pulled out in front of the vehicle if she had seen it.”

Police said the people in the Jeep suffered only minor injuries and were treated at the scene. Rodriguez and two other children in the van, Toby Navarro, 6, and Cesar R. Sanchez, 3, were severely injured.

Navarro's husband, Cesar Sanchez, 36, suffered minor injuries.

The two injured children were flown and the adults were driven to University Hospital, police said. Sanchez was treated and released, a hospital spokeswoman said. Rodriguez is listed in stable condition.

Hamilton said everyone in the van appeared to have been wearing seat belts.

Neighbors said the family recently moved into a rented North Side home.

They said the children often played in the tidy backyard where a blue kiddie pool and a pile of children's bicycles could be seen Tuesday.